Although a large stream of literature is focusing on Regional Innovation Systems and on how to support their development and competitiveness (e.g. Asheim et al., 2011; Doloreux and Parto, 2004; Foray et al., 2011), we are witnessing a strong discrepancy among theoretical frameworks, adopted innovation policies, and related regional performances. In fact, numerous studies have shown that RISs with similar industrial structures and characteristics can strongly differ from each other even in terms of innovation and competitive performance. This gap is more evident in the case of the so-called lagging regions (characterized by moderate and modest level of innovativeness) (Regional Innovation Scoreboard, 2009; 2012; 2014), notwithstanding the adoption of specific policies and incentives. Evidently, there is something deeper than the failure of an innovation policy devoted to support the innovation and economic growth. The emergent viewpoint is that regional performances are affected by powerful inertial mechanisms and dimensions, which are undervalued by both researchers and policy-makers (Egbetokun et al., 2017). Discovering the virtuous mechanisms of most innovative regions, and the vicious ones of lagging regions, should be the key goal of every regional innovation policy. According to this, the paper aims to address the following research questions: What are the resources, competencies and mechanisms able to support the so-called lagging regions to trigger virtuous innovation and economic growth processes? What are the main barriers which hinder the development of effective innovation processes notwithstanding the public incentives?
Regional Innovation Systems as Complex Adapative Systems: the case of lagging European regions / Ponsiglione, C.; Quinto, I.; Zollo, G.. - (2018), pp. 1-21. (Intervento presentato al convegno SOItmC & DEMI of the UNINA 2018 Conference tenutosi a Naples (Italy) nel 26-29 June 2018).
Regional Innovation Systems as Complex Adapative Systems: the case of lagging European regions
Ponsiglione c.
;Quinto I.;Zollo G.
2018
Abstract
Although a large stream of literature is focusing on Regional Innovation Systems and on how to support their development and competitiveness (e.g. Asheim et al., 2011; Doloreux and Parto, 2004; Foray et al., 2011), we are witnessing a strong discrepancy among theoretical frameworks, adopted innovation policies, and related regional performances. In fact, numerous studies have shown that RISs with similar industrial structures and characteristics can strongly differ from each other even in terms of innovation and competitive performance. This gap is more evident in the case of the so-called lagging regions (characterized by moderate and modest level of innovativeness) (Regional Innovation Scoreboard, 2009; 2012; 2014), notwithstanding the adoption of specific policies and incentives. Evidently, there is something deeper than the failure of an innovation policy devoted to support the innovation and economic growth. The emergent viewpoint is that regional performances are affected by powerful inertial mechanisms and dimensions, which are undervalued by both researchers and policy-makers (Egbetokun et al., 2017). Discovering the virtuous mechanisms of most innovative regions, and the vicious ones of lagging regions, should be the key goal of every regional innovation policy. According to this, the paper aims to address the following research questions: What are the resources, competencies and mechanisms able to support the so-called lagging regions to trigger virtuous innovation and economic growth processes? What are the main barriers which hinder the development of effective innovation processes notwithstanding the public incentives?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
